THE NEW TTMA REVOLUTION

The TTMA Board of Directors has undertaken exercises to chart strategies forTTMA into the future. As a guiding principle, the aspiration was set out as follows:

TheTTMA is the voice for buiness enterprise, articulating policy, providing quality service and conrtibuting to sustainable economic growth and success.

We deliver extraordinary results that serve the wider society; engendering trust, legitimacy and pride in our activities. We include all the social partners ona non-partisan basis.

TTMA APPOINTS ITS NEW BOARD FOR 2004-2005

At the 48th Annual General Meeting held at the Hilton Trinidad on Monday, March 22, 2004, the board for the new term was confirmed as follows:

Outgoing members include: Ramdath Ramsubir; Stuart Dalgliesh; Ruthven Jaggassar; and Gabriel Faria.

Following the AGM, the new president, Anthony Aboud, spoke briefly about what he intends to make the pillars of his year in office. They include:

1.  Working to ensure that the manufacturing sector remains viable, progressive, competitive and sustainable.
2.  Promoting "buy T&T" because when we buy ourselves, we buy our future, and provide a stable market that allows manufacturers to look outside.
3.  Protecting consumers from inferior goods through appropriate legislation - competition policy and anti-dumping laws, and the effective safeguards of regulatory bodies.
4.  Promoting the work of the manufacturing sector as a necessary element in a nation that is healthy, educated, employed and enterprising, and as the basis for competitiveness in a globalised trade environment. 

Aboud said, “Manufacturers are first and foremost citizens of Trinidad & Tobago with the same aspirations, expectations, hopes and dreams of all citizens. We understand the yearning of all citizens to create the society in which our children are well educated, our families well nourished and healthy, and our businesses thriving. This is what we will work for, on behalf of all citizens.”